You wear your HARVARD sweatshirt and people tell you, "Roll Tide!"
And, since I'm an Auburn girl, it took me a while to "get it."
The first time this happened, I was in Winn Dixie with my mother on a Sunday morning. We were getting our buggy (not a cart), and this woman comes up to me and says, "Roll Tide!"
"War Eagle!" I said. That's my standard response to the 'Bammers who like to tell me "Roll Tide."
"But your shirt ..."
"It's a Harvard shirt."
"Well, it's the right colors."
Another time, I was at a Phil Lesh/Allman Brothers Band concert and it was cold and rainy and I put on all I had to cover up with, my trusty Harvard sweatshirt. During intermission, it happened again, only I didn't get a chance to say, "War Eagle!" Plus, I figured any idiot who brings state politics to the hippie concert isn't worth my time.
Only in Alabama, y'all.
On a brighter note (for me), I did get a big, "War Eagle!" while getting onto an elevator on my cruise ship in 2004 (just before that beautiful season).
